Why Does No One Speedrun This Game? or, The Odyssey of the Lost VHS Tapes [a Fireside Story]

[@rwold8779]

beating every game is weird, but playing 1 game for 50,000 hours is normal

[@DragonArbock]

I can only imagine how much time and money it would take to beat every PS2 game in existence. Wouldn't surprise me if the playtime required is several times that of the average human life.

[@72pinkush]

perfect reply

[@TStef64]

There has been one guy who beat every NES game. That already took over 3000 hours, and those games are most often short lol.

[@wiinis-official]

That's why my list of games spans a list of consoles rather than one; it's much better to focus on the best games rather than all games on one particular system. 😅

[@TStef64]

Well, that guy(TheMexicanRunner) did it purely for an ultimate challenge. I think there are very, very few gamers that limit themselves to one console completely.

[@JazzonAA]

Holy shit this story has everything: A cabin in the woods, record breakers, a betrayal, anger issues, the return of a master and a video that might never see the light.

[@PleasestopcallingmeDoctorImath]

See THE light?

[@Hot18Shot]

The story had everything. An epic tale. We've all grown.

[@thegreathadoken6808]

It even has secret agents an' shit.

[@LG-ik2kl]

@@PleasestopcallingmeDoctorImath YEEEEAAAAA *CCR kicks in*

[@SuperNuclearUnicorn]

Also has socks and sandals

[@BrianGossard]

Goose, PLEASE keep making these fireside chat videos. They are awesome! It’s like having your grandpa tell you some legendary gaming tale by the roar of a fire. Love it!

[@travelreview5962]

Brian, PLEASE keep wearing that bowtie. It is awesome! Just like my grandpa wears. 😂😇🤷‍♂️👍

[@blackoverblueskies6221]

When I was a kid I had "the world is not enough" and I was 100% convinced I was playing goldeneye.

[@MarMaxGaming]

Lmao

[@psyhodelik]

Hi, I’m french Guys. So sorry for my english. I dont speedrun. Dont even play Goldeneye today. One of my greatest game ever during my chilhood But youre speedlore is so interesting. It’s like listen an historian of an epic adventure. You have a good voice understandable and is really pleasure to listen you during hours and hours. Thanks so much for your work :)

[@krisc1684]

RWhiteGoose? More like ASMRWhiteGoose.

[@TheDantheman12121]

ASMR omg that is one of the worst things the internet has ever come up with imo

[@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo]

@@TheDantheman12121 I'm not alone

[@worldsboss]

His voice is very relaxing tbf

[@borizzle1]

@@TheDantheman12121 The internet didn’t come up with it, and you likely don’t know what it is

[@TheDantheman12121]

@@borizzle1 Yeah i do know what it is and also shut up

[@collette3428]

The passion and fondness you display for the Goldeneye community is humbling and I wish every speed run community had a Goose.

[@DeSinc]

I didn't even mean to, but I just came back to my PC with a cup of tea and a blanket and the next youtube tab up was this one :p

[@loansharkjoe6687]

it was the RWhiteGhost

[@slayyyyjay]

how does this only have two likes?

[@kazmo9148]

Thanks for sharing this. My cousins and I loved playing TWINE way more than goldeneye. It was always TWINE or PD. Great times and awesome to hear a story from a huge game from my childhood.

[@wrecktalk]

You have a great voice and a gift for telling stories I don't speed run but am very interested in the community thanks for all your hard work uploading these videos.

[@M0RR1S9]

i legitimately brought out TWINE today to play for nostalgia's sake. while playing wondered if anyone speedrunned it. Checked the stats and thought, wow i think i could get 4th best. Wondered why no one runs it. Then saw your video. Excellent story and great introduction to your channel. Subbed 👌

[@lLostGems]

MY FRIENDS

[@TeamTaste]

I have such fond memories of The World is Not Enough, every family gathering we had my cousins and I would play hours of multiplayer against bots on the same level. It never got old.

[@RebelGaming4U]

I never understood why people hated the TWINE. TWINE is my 2nd favorite Brosnan bond movie and game.

[@tilchops]

With the endless circular strafing by the AI

[@RUSH_]

CANCEL EVERYTHING! Goose just uploaded a video.

[@balsalmicvinegar1259]

amirite?

[@Peter_1986]

This guy changes EVERYTHING. Watch the video QUICKLY before it gets BANNED.

[@MisterMunkki]

Truly remarkable

[@thizlam4810]

Absolute madman

[@ClemPal]

My Friends

[@ErectedGasCan]

Still truly remarkable.

[@sayerslayer1854]

​@@ErectedGasCan It Just Keeps Happening

[@TanaraKuranov]

TWINE: Oops, we messed up timer start by one frame Me: Huh, never noticed that befo- Speedrunners: It's absurd that a game could be so broken *_L I T E R A L L Y U N P L A Y A B L E_*

[@Walter_]

If i was in that community i'd propose to play on a hacked version of the game that fixes that bug and have those runs go into a seperate category. The end-goal of speedrunning is to have fun and this would make the game speedrunnable at least.

[@thomasgilbertson7060]

You're a great story teller. Detail, tone, pace, inflection, style, well done.

[@VidarHaslum]

This deserves an honorable mention on the most degenerate things in speedrunning. 2 hours on an 2 min speedrun XD

[@AvaiLeon]

I know it wouldn't be consistent with Goldeneye, but since the game is broken in this way, could it not just be run with real time instead of in-game time like Mario games, for example?

[@RedHairdo]

Exactly.

[@RUSH_]

23:11 fireplace solo

[@Tyler-qh9jm]

We have found the location of the missing tapes

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

OBJECTIVE B: COMPLETED

[@videogamesandsuch2882]

Minimise VHS casualties

[@keeleye7225]

Tabs please?

[@jamitiljander]

@@keeleye7225 low E: 0 3 5 0 3 6 5 0 3 5 3 0

[@SeaJayBelfast]

3:40 are you thinking of Nightfire here? Just have great memories of my mate and I playing that map against bots. EDIT: Sorry, you were correct. There was a ski lift mission in TWINE.

[@Kjeldvk]

Goose, everytime you make a video I save it for the evening when I'm just enjoying myself and drinking some tea. Your videos just make me relax even more after a long day of work. Thanks man

[@Aggronix]

No one has brought up that goose is rocking socks and sandals. Now thats truly remarkable.

[@basevegeta9424]

Had a well shit time lately, it made me smile to see you've posted again. Actually took my mind off things for a moment.....

[@M0NTY47]

Feel better soon dude. : )

[@basevegeta9424]

MMtheMan thanks man, your a legend!!!!

[@firemeyer1256]

I can relate, these videos are a big help

[@goldenirie]

Stay positive :)

[@loansharkjoe6687]

base vegeta please don't stress out my friend! life ain't fun when you stress out :)

[@frostatine]

Such a rich history of a bygone era both for the internet and gaming. Great work, Goose. I hope your ambition pushes you to dig up the history of other speed games.

[@Oring573]

GooseGasm the crackling of the fire combined with Goose's beautiful voice.

[@darkesttimeline7026]

Dang goose most people dont think of this but you said all this without a script. That's real talent. Good video

[@007spudman]

They have banned the pause buffer trick in the TWINE speedrun community.

[@Thatguy55595]

Is there anyway I can get in this community?

[@MarMaxGaming]

Hahah this is awesome. I’m from Minnesota, myself… so the cold cabin scene is pretty great, although we live in South Carolina and definitely enjoy the more mild winters

[@TheSkx0liukang]

That wink at the end - sublime.

[@breakingaustin]

There isn't enough fireside stories!!! Why hasn't this been made into a movie yet!?

[@AutisticYui]

This channel is honestly just gold. So glad your videos started showing up in my feed

[@Lebon19]

Goose, there's one thing that could "resurect" TWINE speedrunning: REAL-TIME ATTACK. Yes, forget the timer at the end of the mission. So, RTA is inconvenient in the sense that you have to keep a timer, start it at the right time, end it at the right time, etc. But it has its plus: it encourages not only good gameplay but also good menu-ing. So, if you use buffer strats in TWINE, you can do it, but the RTA timer is still ticking. Tick tock, tick tock... And, at the end, even if the level says you completed the level in 0:00, but your RTA timer says 4h57min32s677f, all that you proved is that you took 4 hours to play a 3 minutes level. But it is also, in a sense, less punishing. Like you mentionned at the end, you could only pause once to get a specific item and, if you failed to get it then, your run would be invalidated. Well, with RTA, that's not an issue. The clock keep ticking... RTA also disregard game lag. So yeah. Oh, and, it avoids "tied WR", well, not entirely avoids but reduces almost to null the possibility of one. My 2¢.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Quite some games do that. Not using the in-game timer but an external timer with fixed start and stop moments.

[@MeesterTweester]

HappyBeezerStudios - by Lord_Mogul Like almost every speedgame now lol

[@travelreview5962]

Please explain how RTA disregards game lag

[@M0NTY47]

Apoplectic. 20:25 "overcome with anger; furious" Thank you for teaching me a new word Goose. Loving the camp fire stories.

[@karljobst]

160+ verbal IQ

[@M0NTY47]

The Dam 52 legend himself. Much honour, very respect.

[@Tankotater]

14:32 "Or the main character was like an egg" always gets me. What game could that have possibly been lmao.

[@uranium54321]

Fantastic dizzy? Not a ps2 game but there are at least some games that exist where you play as an egg

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

On PS2 the closest I can think of is Billy Hatcher, you didn’t control an Egg but you could push and ride giant eggs and you played as a chicken boy.

[@Frilleon]

I’m in my bed wit my blanket at 2:30pm just so I can be comfortable while I watch this.

[@Bestien]

Frilleon its 2.38

[@MrPandarilla]

I'm in my bed with a blanket at 2 pm because I'm horribly depressed.

[@markanthony1158]

I'm watching this falling asleep that's not a bad thing

[@JorgetePanete]

with*

[@Jzphh]

You should do audiobooks

[@idklol4197]

This video should be renamed epic 30-minute capture card story

[@shukterhousejive]

I love how part of the speedrunning scene used to be "sending your tapes to Jimbo" like an autistic Dukes of Hazzard

[@ArgoLovely]

man I was doing some fuckin house work being productive and shit now I gotta bundle up with some coffee and watch this I'm not even mad

[@Dancindazed]

I like that someone who would use the controller normally and not reset the neutral was a "quirky, utter madman"

[@richardcarson3596]

> dark rimmed glasses > sandals with socks exactly as i expected

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

as long as they don't have that toe loop. That is just crazy.

[@reahthorolund8373]

Holy shit, it's nighttime here, I'm comfy under my blanket, that was an amazing story! I'm actually weirdly touched. Everything about this made an epic story experience.

[@thepoofster2251]

Years later and these vids are still awesome! Love you man

[@PCReboot]

These videos are an absolute treat fella. Thank you for taking the time to make them your calm voice covering a topic is absolute music to my ears right now and has been for the past few months. Thank You (Make a Patreon)

[@Stublyme]

Dude I cannot fully express how much i love your videos im already dying of laughter in the first 25 seconds cause of your scene lmao. Your vids take so much work thanks for taking the time to do them means alot.

[@Ricemang7]

Truly the best videos to listen in the background. Very interesting story, thanks goose!

[@QuakeRangerTaya]

My Question is. I thought there was discussion on what is and isnt allowed for a run. wouldnt you just make that invalid if someone tries to do the pause trick. and based on when i played. you dont need to do pause the game ever in TWINE. you can switch gadgets on the control itself. Thats what a SR community do. explain what is and isnt allowed in a run. what counts and doesnt to make it fair for all people who are competing in these time runs. a lot of the explanation doesnt make it seem like the game is impossible to run, just a sub story of a person and thats why no one does it. which is strange in the history of SR ive looked into from you and others over the years. So... people should still try to SR it.

[@Seriona1]

Speedrun.com has only one rule in place which is not to use the pause trick otherwise each level can have a 0:0 but as you said, there is no requirement to pause so if you watch the world records, they don't.

[@shrimpguy6900]

TWINE just didn’t have any charm man. The engine RareWare used on Goldeneye and PD was more fun to move in and the graphics weren’t trying to be so HD realistic on n64 hardware they just looked good. I think PD is probably one of the best games of all time

[@HarmonySword]

This is one of the very few videos on KZbin that makes me happy

[@Thatguy55595]

It’s been 5 more years was Brandon’s Cold Reception run ever found???

[@GamerFolklore]

Sadly, no.

[@codysupak4384]

i like this format, but i can imagine having to do the "script" with little to no editing to be hard. i wouldn't mind this format even if you just did little cuts here and there. regardless this was very interesting, thorough and entertaining content as usual RWhiteGoose, keep it up man! you're the best

[@TRILLUMINVTI]

I don't even speedrun but wow, such an entertaining story you just told. Really makes me appreciate speedruning much more than I originally did and definitely have an interest now. Love your channel man

[@sad2540]

It is hilarious that Brandon waited for years on the edge of his seat for a pause abuse run

[@shiftytown]

i love the cabin and speedlore videos but i miss streaming, when will u be coming back? keep up the great work, love ur content, stay true.

[@loganrobert5811]

I've never watched a speedrun in my life and I was still hanging on this dudes every word.

[@godzillagorilla986]

I'm not sure how I found your channel however ever since Discovery I highly enjoy and anticipate your content. I suppose much of it has to do with games I played in my childhood. Also I like your methodical approach to the craft. I can appreciate any ones ability to focus and become so unconsciously competent. I never did speed runs when I had Goldeneye but I know I was the 2nd kid in my entire neighborhood to beat the whole game on 007. (MN) But I borrowed my game and system to one of my friends down the street and his older sister's boyfriend beat me up and punked me for my 64. It really sucks because I couldn't tell my parents or else my dad would have kicked my ass too! so I never had another 64 until just recently I picked one up on Craigslist and I bought James Bond (also perfect dark, waverace and tetrisphear) and have been enjoying it ever since. Thanks for caring about this stuff so much man in today's world sincerity is really great! Keep it up 👍

[@RayofJay]

Always look forward to the cottage sessions goose. Love em. You make the world a better place man, keep it coming.

[@jackwilliamson8252]

I recently became interested in speedrunning and often listen to Karl Jobst and you, Goose. Its always so funny watching you in the cabin, and I always enjoy your stories. All the best, friend.

[@randomnumbers710]

This was a very enjoyable story with actual narrative archs. Good shit!

[@Spiife]

Really interesting format, huge fan of the fire place just rolling along while you tell these stories.

[@crowmigration8245]

Not interested in speed running but this was a super interesting story delivered well.

[@OTheFool]

Something about the way you present these makes it very flavorful. Thanks for a very interesting trip :)

[@robertwallen1582]

All you would have to do is speed run real time or ban pause buffering and this issue is fixed. I know no one cares about this game now, but this is not that big of an issue.

[@Dinjur]

So, "The Legendary Tape" was just a dude pausing over and over for 2 hours just to get a number on a game nobody plays. Beyond depressing.

[@francoisschneegans8881]

With the zoom in on the fire and the piano... oh man, you almost had me to tears!

[@monked86]

i don't speedrun anything... agdq degraded into an awkward politically correct trannyshow over the years... but this mans speedrunning stories are keeping me hooked. the passion and knowledge is just outstanding and triggers so many fond n64 memories. keep up the good work!

[@stabf2635]

Goose these are amazing, I love you as the "elder stateman" of speedrunning

[@AdrianWoodUK]

15:41 - RW miming the lunacy of holding the stick is so powerful, it rips apart the log in the fireplace.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

It honestly kinda sucks that TWINE basically has zero speedrun community, I think TWINE is a damn fine game that ages almost as well as GoldenEye. Although keep in mind I played *all* of the EA Bond games before I picked up GoldenEye (yes that means the entire GameCube lineup) and other than Rogue Agent being meh, I love all of those games. GoldenEye certainly deserves all the praise it got and continues to get, but it's forever shafted the rest of the games like they don't even exist. TWINE has incredible attention to detail with to the movie (setpieces, music, the voice acting is surprisingly good), the all-purpose watch is a cool consistent gadget, lots of weapons have alternate fire modes and the multiplayer is damn good with having bots in it. Sure, it's got its issues and it's not as easy to pick up or as snappy as GoldenEye, but I just think it's a shame that TWINE barely gets any love. Even NightFire seems to only be just NOW gaining traction, and that's widely considered the best game after GoldenEye (me personally I kinda love it and Agent Under Fire equally). I can't fault GoldenEye itself for it, it just disappoints me that barely anyone cares about the EA era of Bond where I have the most memories with. Yeah, EA's known for being borderline evil nowadays, but even when their Bond games were also annual releases, at least they were all DIFFERENT from each other even if it's the same genres.

[@DDRhappiness17]

After goldeneye, it would have to be everything or nothing for me

[@Accrovideogames]

Why the hell couldn't they enforce real time instead of in-game time?

[@handsomebrick]

All the negative feelings from this whole incident soured the community on the game a little bit.

[@travelreview5962]

We could but almost unanimously none of us want to, even the lower ranked guys like me. Wouter actually suggested that when everyone started tying his records around like '03-'05 I don't remember exactly but I'm sure Ryan does.

[@TheAveification]

These videos always make my day better. Thanks Goose!

[@kingj521]

the tone/setting of this video feels like a good ole documentary.

[@Hack_The_Planet_]

*your vids are getting better and better*

[@proberush]

goose you are like the mr. rogers of speedrunning. i could listen to you talk about anything and be completely fascinated.

[@pacecory1]

Honestly I remember playing this game as a kid with my friends using bots, like all the time. We really liked the snow level and the rocket you could control remotely. And how is this game not done in real time instead of in game time if they know about such a broken glitch?

[@pullt]

I wish it was speedrun so I could see the stories and rivalries as seen through the lens of the world record progression....

[@MrJohnlennon007]

Problem is that 00 Agent is way too hard in TWINE. I can’t even pass the 2nd mission while 100%ing Goldeneye

[@OmegaVideoGameGod]

Get the Japanese version if you can, all the body armors are there, regardless of difficulty.

[@JigsawMaster]

Thanks for making this. I had seen this game in retro game stores, and I instantly thought of you and The Elite.

[@mccheeseburger01]

That ski lift multiplayer level was great.

[@xerowon3490]

am I weird for putting his 3 fireplace videos on in the background randomly just because his voice is relaxing during work?

[@KageNekoSamax]

Man i don't even care about the content of the story but you tell it in a way i can't stop watching the video XD

[@kfcnutrients9537]

I always get excited for another goose vid. Cheers m8 🙏

[@M0torsagmannen]

i love the fireside stories!! you are such a great narrator Ryan

[@daemonblackfyre7171]

They need to ban pause buffering in Perfect Dark already.

[@SnakeHiggins]

The world of speedrunning fascinates me because ill never be good enough to do it like the elite guys do, great video, very interesting story indeed.

[@RhetticusRex]

Story time with Goose! :D All the greatness of fireside chats without the Great Depression :)

[@sethtothemax]

I was waiting for him to start talking about how he’s saving the USA from the Great Depression and telling us about how banks work XD

[@gavin479]

Fantastic chats as always my friend. Thank you

[@anon2761]

really love the stuff you put out goose, keep it up!

[@dippy9119]

I really enjoy your videos. Your passion for speedrunning is obvious.

[@Bane_Diesel]

Always wondered what goose does for a living besides being a great goldeneye storyteller.

[@TRGoldjkp]

i love your videos so much, your voice is perfect. I'm at such a low point in my life and your videos help! it's an escape for me.

[@n00bJesus]

Finished a 10 hour graveyard shift only to be surprised with a Goose fireside story. NICE. PS: mucho respect for the socks and sandals. You're a man or unabashed casual comfort.

[@WWEVoice101]

Mowgli just slaughtered his pet bear Baloo so that he could have a comfy fireside rug to watch this video on.

[@charleschamp9826]

Surely today the game could be run using real time instead of in game time?

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

Problem with that being that suddenly counts pause menu time. The way GE/PD speedruns are handled, the mission timer pauses when the game is paused.

[@Robbie_Haruna]

@@UltimaKeyMaster but like... So what? It's not like you spend an extensive amount of time in the menus in Goldeneye or Perfect Dark either, and different games have different rules for a reason.

[@popsodarootbeers]

Great video! On the subject of games adjacent to Goldeneye/Perfect Dark, I was wondering if you or any other Eliter had an opinion on the Time Splitter series, given that those games were made by ex Rare developers.

[@MysterySchool33]

Thank God you have a new video, You save me from watching Sam Pepper as Im bored as shit.....Really I get all excited when you have a new video you are very good at what you do :)

[@airic21]

your pretty good at this .. LOL at fireside stories good stuff man I like the whole sandal look to give us that feel, makes me want to drink some earl grey.

[@controlaltdelete4165]

Aye keep up the good youtube content. Youre the one uploading content more frequemtly then anyone else in this specifoc category so keep it up and youll easily take their place and match their subscriber count soon im sure..i really enjoy this stuff. Thanks mange